Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

CRISPRs in the human genome are differentially expressed between malignant and normal adjacent to tumor tissue

  • Job van Riet,
  • Chinmoy Saha,
  • Nikolaos Strepis,
  • Rutger W. W. Brouwer,
  • Elena S. Martens-Uzunova,
  • Wesley S. van de Geer,
  • Sigrid M. A. Swagemakers,
  • Andrew Stubbs,
  • Yassir Halimi,
  • Sanne Voogd,
  • Arif Mohammad Tanmoy,
  • Malgorzata A. Komor,
  • Youri Hoogstrate,
  • Bart Janssen,
  • Remond J. A. Fijneman,
  • Yashar S. Niknafs,
  • Arul M. Chinnaiyan,
  • Wilfred F. J. van IJcken,
  • Peter J. van der Spek,
  • Guido Jenster,
  • Rogier Louwen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03249-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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CRISPR elements in the human genome are expressed in both healthy tissues and tumors but with distinct patterns, representing a potential biomarker for cancer.